July 12, 2023
A pest control technician cannot send notices to colleagues about his overtime claims, an Ohio federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that his "hearsay" knowledge of whether he is similarly situated to other workers doesn't clear Sixth Circuit standards.
June 23, 2023
A pest control company urged an Ohio federal judge not to send notice of a technician's proposed collective action alleging unpaid overtime, arguing that the worker failed to meet conditions set in a recent Sixth Circuit ruling regarding collective action notifications.
June 16, 2023
In the first few weeks since the Sixth Circuit shook up the process of notifying workers about wage and hour collective actions, litigants with active cases in lower courts have begun making arguments about the new precedent's impact. Here, Law360 highlights three cases teeing up rulings that may demonstrate how district courts apply the decision.